Underlying and Proximate Determinants of Under-five Mortality in Nigeria: Understanding the Pathways of Influence

The study examined how socioeconomic, demographic and cultural factors (also referred to as underlying factors), influence under-five mortality by identifying some other more direct factors (called proximate determinants) through which they operate in order to influence under-five mortality in Nigeria, The data used were from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) of 2013. It was a...

Samuel Gbemisola » Samuel Gbemisola W. had her first, second and third degrees in Demography and Social Statistics from Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. Her thesis was titled, “Proximate Determinants: The Pathways of Influence of Underlying Factors on Under-five Mortality in Nigeria”. she is an alumni of the Young Scientists Summer Programme, Laxenburg, Austria. She has collaboration with the UN-Habitat,... view full profile